Creative writing and storyworld possible selves

The presence of creative writing in higher education poses the need to strengthen its academic foundations with novel contributions which enhance its growing practice-informed body of knowledge [Earnshaw, S. The handbook of creative writing. Edinburgh University Press, 2014; Kroll, J., and G. Harper...

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Autor: Martínez, María-Ángeles|||0000-0001-6473-1249
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
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Palabra clave:Creative writing
Storyworld possible selves
Reader engagement
Engagement strategies
Cognitive narratology
Filología
Philology
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spelling Creative writing and storyworld possible selvesMartínez, María-Ángeles|||0000-0001-6473-1249Creative writingStoryworld possible selvesReader engagementEngagement strategiesCognitive narratologyFilologíaPhilologyThe presence of creative writing in higher education poses the need to strengthen its academic foundations with novel contributions which enhance its growing practice-informed body of knowledge [Earnshaw, S. The handbook of creative writing. Edinburgh University Press, 2014; Kroll, J., and G. Harper, eds. Research methods in creative writing. Red Globe, 2019; Morley, D. The Cambridge introduction to creative writing. Cambridge University Press, 2007; Phillips, R., and H. Kara. Creative writing for social research: a practical guide. Policy Press, 2021]. The present study suggests that storyworld possible selves theory [Martínez, M. A. "Storyworld possible selves and the phenomenon of narrative immersion. Testing a new theoretical construct". Narrative 22 (1): 110-131. Martínez, M. A. Storyworld possible selves. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2018; Martínez, M. A. (forthcoming). "Storyworld possible selves" In: Routledge companion to literature and cognitive studies, edited by J. Alber and R. Schneider] can enrich the epistemological foundations of creative writing and of its practice-based research and teaching, both by highlighting the importance of accounting for readers' feelings of personal relevance through the activation of their self-schemas and possible selves, and by pinpointing the role of certain linguistic expressions of cognitive activity, frequent in fictional narrative discourse, which serve to prompt perspective sharing with narrative focalisers. In my study I argue that attention to the affordances of the concept of storyworld possible selves can not only help improve amateur writers' skills, but also afford increased opportunities for related linguistic, narratological, and empirical research into creative writing in academic settings.Agencia Estatal de Investigación20242024-08-22journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10017/62526https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14790726.2024.2377538reponame:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcaláinstname:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)InglésengAgencia Estatal de Investigación http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020 PID2020-114255RB-I00 Narratología, Lingüística y Cognición: Estudios Interdisciplinares sobre Autoesquemas Posibles de Ficción, Intersubjetividad Narrativa, e Inmersiónopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/625262026-06-18T11:13:07Z
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title Creative writing and storyworld possible selves
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Martínez, María-Ángeles|||0000-0001-6473-1249
Creative writing
Storyworld possible selves
Reader engagement
Engagement strategies
Cognitive narratology
Filología
Philology
title_short Creative writing and storyworld possible selves
title_full Creative writing and storyworld possible selves
title_fullStr Creative writing and storyworld possible selves
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author Martínez, María-Ángeles|||0000-0001-6473-1249
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Creative writing
Storyworld possible selves
Reader engagement
Engagement strategies
Cognitive narratology
Filología
Philology
topic Creative writing
Storyworld possible selves
Reader engagement
Engagement strategies
Cognitive narratology
Filología
Philology
description The presence of creative writing in higher education poses the need to strengthen its academic foundations with novel contributions which enhance its growing practice-informed body of knowledge [Earnshaw, S. The handbook of creative writing. Edinburgh University Press, 2014; Kroll, J., and G. Harper, eds. Research methods in creative writing. Red Globe, 2019; Morley, D. The Cambridge introduction to creative writing. Cambridge University Press, 2007; Phillips, R., and H. Kara. Creative writing for social research: a practical guide. Policy Press, 2021]. The present study suggests that storyworld possible selves theory [Martínez, M. A. "Storyworld possible selves and the phenomenon of narrative immersion. Testing a new theoretical construct". Narrative 22 (1): 110-131. Martínez, M. A. Storyworld possible selves. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2018; Martínez, M. A. (forthcoming). "Storyworld possible selves" In: Routledge companion to literature and cognitive studies, edited by J. Alber and R. Schneider] can enrich the epistemological foundations of creative writing and of its practice-based research and teaching, both by highlighting the importance of accounting for readers' feelings of personal relevance through the activation of their self-schemas and possible selves, and by pinpointing the role of certain linguistic expressions of cognitive activity, frequent in fictional narrative discourse, which serve to prompt perspective sharing with narrative focalisers. In my study I argue that attention to the affordances of the concept of storyworld possible selves can not only help improve amateur writers' skills, but also afford increased opportunities for related linguistic, narratological, and empirical research into creative writing in academic settings.
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